Maiden Name Kept Woman from Medical Marijuana
Lacey resident Linda Schroeck-Connors keeps passing out.
It has happened at the Ocean County Mall and ShopRiite, resulting in trips to the emergency room. She has lost consciousness many times at home, and has a service dog, Venus, to warn her when an attack is on the way.
"This week alone, I have had five seizures," said Schroeck-Connors in a recent email. "I'm home alone all day and it's a very scary thing."
Schroeck has epilepsy. And recently her doctor had a potential solution to her problem: medicinal marijuana. A bureaucratic snafu kept her from getting an identification card from the New Jersey Medicinal Marijuana Program until Press on Your Side got involved.
What was wrong? Her maiden name – Schroeck, which she uses in her real estate business – was on one of her documents needed to prove her identity. She was told that wasn't acceptable even though she sent in her marriage license, and had...
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